LOWENBERG  , a

town of Germany, in the Prussian province of Silesia, on the Bober, 39 M . E. of Gorlitz by rail . Pop . 5682 . It is one of the oldest towns in Silesia; its town hall dates from the 16th century, and it has a Roman Catholic church built in the 13th century and restored in 1862 . The town has sandstone and gypsum quarries, breweries and woollen mills, and cultivates fruit and vegetables . Lowenberg became a town in 1217 and has been the scene of much fighting, especially during the Napoleonic wars . Near the town is the village and estate of Hohlstein, the property of the Hohenzollern family .